Team standing

Date Teams Match Venue Time
10 Sep 10 Mumbai Indians vs Highveld Lions Match 1 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 21:00 IST

11 Sep 10 Warriors vs Wayamba Match 2 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 17:00 IST

11 Sep 10 Chennai Super Kings vs Central Stags Match 3 Kingsmead, Durban 21:00 IST

12 Sep 10 Highveld Lions vs Southern Redbacks Match 4 Centurion, Tshwane 17:00 IST

12 Sep 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Guyana Match 5 Centurion, Tshwane 21:00 IST

13 Sep 10 Warriors vs Victorian Bushrangers Match 6 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 21:00 IST

14 Sep 10 Mumbai Indians vs Southern Redbacks Match 7 Kingsmead, Durban 21:00 IST

15 Sep 10 Victorian Bushrangers vs Central Stags Match 8 Centurion, Tshwane 17:00 IST

15 Sep 10 Chennai Super Kings vs Wayamba Match 9 Centurion, Tshwane 21:00 IST

16 Sep 10 Mumbai Indians vs Guyana Match 10 Kingsmead, Durban 21:00 IST

17 Sep 10 Southern Redbacks vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 11 Kingsmead, Durban 21:00 IST

18 Sep 10 Warriors vs Central Stags Match 12 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 17:00 IST

18 Sep 10 Chennai Super Kings vs Victorian Bushrangers Match 13 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 21:00 IST

19 Sep 10 Highveld Lions vs Guyana Match 14 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 17:00 IST

19 Sep 10 Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 15 Kingsmead, Durban 21:00 IST

20 Sep 10 Victorian Bushrangers vs Wayamba Match 16 Centurion, Tshwane 21:00 IST

21 Sep 10 Southern Redbacks vs Guyana Match 17 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 17:00 IST

21 Sep 10 Highveld Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 18 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 21:00 IST

22 Sep 10 Wayamba vs Central Stags Match 19 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 17:00 IST

22 Sep 10 Chennai Super Kings vs Warriors Match 20 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 21:00 IS

24 Sep 10 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. 1st Semi Final Kingsmead, Durban 21:00 IST

25 Sep 10 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. 2nd Semi Final Centurion, Tshwane 21:00 IST

26 Sep 10 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. Final New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 21:00 IST

Monday, September 6, 2010

Pakistan Match Fixing

i am very sad for match fixing by pak players. all this criticism all player
High commision is the part of Govt. High Commission responsibilty is to safeguard the affairs of pakistani people and provide assistance and uphold the Prestige and Dignity at any cost. directly Govt is responsible 4 closing their eyes what was happening under their rule. corrupt system only grow Corrupt trees. Players are coming from poor areas with no education and Training ,They r very soft target. Money and Women has lot of attraction so anybody can lose his belief and Trap.

Monday, April 26, 2010

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Sunday, April 25, 2010

standing

Teams MP W L NR T NRR PTS
Group A
Central Stags 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Chennai Super Kings 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Victorian Bushrangers 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Wayamba Elevens 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Group B
Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Highveld Lions 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Mumbai Indians 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Royal Challengers Bangalore 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Southern Redbacks 0 0 0 0 0 - 0

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The Great Little Master

Sachin Tendulkar

India

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 37 years 3 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire

Nickname Tendlya, Little Master

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

Height 5 ft 5 in

Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	166	271	29	13447	248*	55.56			47	54		55	104
ODIs	442	431	41	17598	200*	45.12	20401	86.26	46	93	1927	185	134
T20Is	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	12	83.33	0	0	2	0	1
First-class	268	422	45	22336	248*	59.24			74	100			172
List A	529	516	55	21150	200*	45.87			57	111			169
Twenty20	40	40	5	1368	89*	39.08	1065	128.45	0	10	181	20	17

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	166	130	3994	2299	44	3/10	3/14	52.25	3.45	90.7	0	0
ODIs	442	267	8020	6817	154	5/32	5/32	44.26	5.10	52.0	4	2
T20Is	1	1	15	12	1	1/12	1/12	12.00	4.80	15.0	0	0
First-class	268		7359	4191	69	3/10		60.73	3.41	106.6		0
List A	529		10196	8445	201	5/32	5/32	42.01	4.96	50.7	4	2
Twenty20	40	8	93	123	2	1/12	1/12	61.50	7.93	46.5	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test	India v South Africa at Kolkata, Feb 14-18, 2010 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v India at Gujranwala, Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI	India v South Africa at Gwalior, Feb 24, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1988/89
Last First-class	India v South Africa at Kolkata, Feb 14-18, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1989/90
Last List A	India v South Africa at Gwalior, Feb 24, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, Apr 25, 2010 scorecard

Profile

Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses, anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient in each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.

There are no apparent weaknesses in Tendulkar's game. He can score all around the wicket, off both front foot and back, can tune his technique to suit every condition, temper his game to suit every situation, and has made runs in all parts of the world in all conditions.

Some of his finest performances have come against Australia, the overwhelmingly dominant team of his era. His century as a 19-year old on a lightning fast pitch at the WACA is considered one of the best innings ever to have been played in Australia. A few years later he received the ultimate compliment from the ultimate batsman when Don Bradman confided to his wife that Tendulkar reminded him of himself.

Blessed with the keenest of cricket minds, and armed with a loathing for losing, Tendulkar set about doing what it took to become one of the best batsmen in the world. Tendulkar's greatness was established early: he was only 16 when he made his Test debut. He was hit on the mouth by Waqar Younis but continued to bat, in a blood-soaked shirt. His first Test hundred, a match-saving one at Old Trafford, came when he was 17, and he had 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25. In 2000 he became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds, in 2008 he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test run-scorer and in the following years, he crossed 13,000 runs and 30,000 international runs.

He currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and ODIs - remarkable, considering he didn't score his first ODI hundred till his 79th match. Incredibly, he retains a divine enthusiasm for the game, and he seems to be untouched by age: at 36 years and 306 days he broke a 40-year barrier by scoring the first double-century in one-day cricket. It now seems inevitable that he will become the first cricketer to score 100 international hundreds, which like Bradman's batting average, could last for ever.

Tendulkar's considerable achievements seem greater still when looked at in the light of the burden of expectations he has had to bear from his adoring but somewhat unreasonable followers, who have been prone to regard anything less than a hundred as a failure. The aura may have dimmed, if only slightly, as the years on the international circuit have taken their toll on the body, but Tendulkar remains, by a distance, the most worshipped cricketer in the world.
Sambit Bal February 2010

Timeline

February 23-25, 1988
A monster in the making
- Sachin Tendulkar, 14, and Vinod Kambli, 16 compile a 664-run unbroken partnership for Shardashram Vidyamandir against St Xavier's at Azad Maidan. Kambli makes 349 not out, Tendulkar 326 not out. It remains the highest partnership recorded in any form of cricket, until in November 2006 two schoolboys from Hyderabad - Manoj Kumar and Mohammad Shaibaz - overtake the record with an unbeaten 721-run partnership.

December 11, 1988
Truly first-class debut
- At 15, scores an unbeaten century against Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium to become the youngest Indian to make a hundred on first-class debut. Was picked after Bombay captain Dilip Vengsarkar watched him negotiate Kapil Dev in the nets.

December 14, 1989
Bloody-minded to start with
- On the last day of the last Test of his first Test series, in Sialkot, gets hit on the nose by Waqar Younis - also in his first series. Falls down, gets up, and wipes away the gushing blood. Medical assistance is declined. Is eventually out for 57.

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Best Performances

119 not out v England, Old Trafford, 1990
- England pile up 519 on a benign pitch, and India reply with 432. England stretch the lead to 407, and though the pitch is still good and the bowling (Malcolm, Fraser, Lewis, Hemmings) not terribly menacing, India find themselves in deep water at 127 for 5 with only one recognised batsman left. And he's only 17 years old. Tendulkar battles for nearly four hours, grimly but never dourly, and ends the day with 119. India lose only one more wicket, ending up with 343. With one more session, they might even have won.

114 v Australia, Perth, 1991-92
- The fastest pitch in Australia has been reserved for the last Test. India have been beaten already, only humiliation awaits. Batting first, Australia score 346. Tendulkar enters at a relatively comfortable 100 for 3, but watches the next five wickets go down for 59. Tendulkar is the next man out... at 240. He has scored 118 of the 140 runs added while he is at the crease, and has made them in such an awe-inspiring manner that commentators are asking themselves when they last saw an innings as good.

169 v South Africa, Cape Town, 1996-97
- Batting first, South Africa make a matchwinning 529. Playing only for honour, India find themselves groveling before Donald, Pollock, McMillan and Klusener. Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin get together at 58 for 5, and start spanking the bowling as if they were playing a club game in the park. They add 222 for the sixth wicket in less than two sessions, and Tendulkar has 26 boundaries in his score of 169. Even Donald says that he felt like clapping.

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Cricinfo picks - Our top articles on this player

The saint (Nov 1, 2003)
His purity of technique and image make him an icon with more than a touch of the divine
Mark 3 (Jun 1, 2006)
Not the wunderkind of 15 years ago, Sachin Tendulkar talks to Cricinfo about looking at life and his game with equanimity and stoicism
A ride with Sachin (Oct 1, 2004)
Tendulkar speaks about his 15 years in cricket and how the game, and his approach to it, have changed
Sachin Tendulkar (1997)
It was one brief moment in time
Sachin Tendulkar: Man, myth or product of the times? (Oct 16, 2000)
Sachin Tendulkar..
A singular icon (Sep 1, 2002)
Like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Sachin Tendulkar dominates his sport comprehensively, but unlike them he is the sole focus of an entire nation and its quest for identity
'The best batsman I've bowled to' (Sep 1, 2002)
There's Steve Waugh and Brian Lara. And then, a notch above, there's Sachin Tendulkar

Duckworth–Lewis method

In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method) is a mathematical way to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance. It is generally accepted to be a fair and accurate method of setting a target score, but as it attempts to predict what would have happened had the game come to its natural conclusion, it generates some controversy. The D/L method was devised by two English statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis.

Examples

[edit] Stoppage in first innings

In the 4th India – England ODI in the 2008 series, the first innings was interrupted by rain on two occasions, resulting in the match being reduced to 22 overs a side. India (batting first) made 166/4. England's target was therefore set by the D/L method at 198 from 22 overs.

This example illustrates how the D/L method sets a higher target for the team batting second when the delay occurs in the 1st innings. Because England knew they had only 22 overs the expectation is that they will be able to score more runs from those overs than India had from their (interrupted) innings. England made 178/8 from 22 overs, and so the match was listed as "India won by 19 runs (D/L method)"^[2].

[edit] Stoppage in second innings

A simple example of the D/L method being applied was the first One Day International (ODI) between India and Pakistan in their 2006 ODI series. India batted first, and were all out in the 49th over for 328. Pakistan, batting second, were 7 wickets down for 311 when bad light stopped play after the 47th over.

In this example, Pakistan's target, had the match continued, was 18 runs in as many balls, with three wickets in hand. Considering the overall scoring rate throughout the match, this is a target most teams would be favoured to achieve. And indeed, application of the D/L method resulted in a target score of 304 at the end of the 47th over, with the officially listed result as "Pakistan won by 7 runs (D/L Method)"^[3].

[edit] Examples in T20 Matches

During the 2010 ICC World T20, the D/L method was used in the group stage match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka scored 173/7 in 20 overs batting first and Zimbabwe were 29/1 in 5 overs when rain interrupted play. Sri Lanka won the match by 14 runs according to the D/L method. ^[4]

On the same day, another group match between England and West Indies was also decided by the D/L method. England scored 191/5 in 20 overs, and rain interrupted play after 2.2 overs of the chase when West Indies had scored 30/0. According to the D/L method, West Indies were set a target of 60 runs in 6 overs, which they achieved with a ball to spare ^[5]. The then English captain Paul Collingwood heavily criticized the usage and appropriateness of the D/L method in T20 matches ^[6].

[edit] Theory

Scoring potential as a function of wickets and overs.

The essence of the D/L method is 'resources'. Each team is taken to have two 'resources' to use to make as many runs as possible: the number of overs they have to receive; and the number of wickets they have in hand. At any point in any innings, a team's ability to score more runs depends on the combination of these two resources. Looking at historical scores, there is a very close correspondence between the availability of these resources and a team's final score, a correspondence which D/L exploits.^[7]

Using a published table which gives the percentage of these combined resources remaining for any number of overs (or, more accurately, balls) left and wickets lost, the target score can be adjusted up or down to reflect the loss of resources to one or both teams when a match is shortened one or more times. This percentage is then used to calculate a target (sometimes called a 'par score') that is usually a fractional number of runs. If the second team passes the target then the second team is taken to have won the match; if the match ends when the second team has exactly met (but not passed) the target (rounded down to the next integer) then the match is taken to be a tie.

[edit] Application

The Duckworth/Lewis method is relatively simple to apply, but requires a published reference table and some simple mathematical calculations. As with most non-trivial statistical derivations, however, the D/L method can produce results that are somewhat counterintuitive, and the announcement of the derived target score can provoke a good deal of second-guessing and discussion amongst the crowd at the cricket ground. This can also be seen as one of the method's successes, adding interest to a "slow" rain-affected day of play.

Applied to 50 over matches, each team has to face at least 20 overs before D/L can decide the game. In Twenty20 games, each side has to face at least 5 overs.

[edit] History and creation

The D/L method was created by two British statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis. It was first used in international cricket in the second game of the 1996/7 Zimbabwe versus England One Day International series, which Zimbabwe won by 7 runs,^[8] and was formally adopted by the International Cricket Council in 2001 as the standard method of calculating target scores in rain shortened one-day matches.

Various different methods had been previously used to achieve the same task, including run-rate ratios, the score that the first team had achieved at the same point in their innings, and targets derived by totaling the best scoring overs in the initial innings. All of these methods have flaws that are easily exploitable. For example, run-rate ratios do not account for how many wickets the team batting second have lost, but simply reflect how quickly they were scoring at the point the match was interrupted; thus, if a team felt a rain stoppage was likely, they could attempt to force the scoring rate without regard for the corresponding highly likely loss of wickets, skewing the comparison with the first team. Notoriously, the "best-scoring overs" method, used in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, left the South African cricket team requiring 21 runs from one ball (when the maximum score from any one ball is generally six runs). Prior to a brief rain interruption, South Africa was chasing a target of 22 runs from 13 balls – which was difficult but at least attainable – but the possibility of an exciting conclusion to the game was destroyed when the team's target was reduced by only one run, to be scored off 12 fewer balls.^[9] The D/L method removes – or at least normalises – this flaw: in this match, the revised D/L target would have been four runs to tie or five to win from the final ball. ^[10]

[edit] Updates

The published table that underpins the D/L method is regularly updated, most recently in 2004, as it became clear that one-day matches were achieving significantly higher scores than in previous decades, affecting the historical relationship between resources and runs.

At the same time as this update, the D/L method was also split into a Professional Edition and a Standard Edition.^[11] The main difference is that while the Standard Edition preserves the use of a single table and simple calculation – suitable for use in any one-day cricket match at any level – the Professional Edition uses substantially more sophisticated statistical modeling, and requires the use of a computer. The Professional Edition has been in use in all international one-day cricket matches since early 2004.

In June 2009, it was reported that the D/L method would be reviewed for the Twenty20 format after its appropriateness was questioned in the quickest version of the game. Lewis was quoted admitting that "Certainly, people have suggested that we need to look very carefully and see whether in fact the numbers in our formula are totally appropriate for the Twenty20 game."^[12]

[edit] Criticism

The D/L method has been criticized based on the fact that wickets are (necessarily) a much more heavily weighted resource than overs, leading to the observation that if teams are chasing big targets, and there is the prospect of rain, a winning strategy could be to not lose wickets and score at what would seem to be a "losing" rate (e.g. if the asking rate was 6.1, it could be enough to score at 4.75 an over for the first 20–25 overs).^[13]

Another criticism is that the D/L method does not account for changes in the proportion of number of overs during which field restrictions are in place compared to a completed match.

More common informal criticism from cricket fans and journalists of the D/L method is that it is overly complex and can be misunderstood.^[15] For example, in a one-day match against England on 20 March 2009, the West Indies coach (John Dyson) called his players in for bad light, believing that his team would win by one run under the D/L method, but not realising that the loss of a wicket with the last ball had altered the Duckworth-Lewis score. In fact Javagal Srinath, the match referee, confirmed that the West Indies were two runs short of their target, giving the victory to England.